Call for Papers
2008 Spring Meeting
CALL FOR PAPERS
Several contributed paper sessions will be held in conjunction with the
Spring
section meeting. For any faculty or doctoral student
interested
in presenting a talk, send your name, school, title of talk and a short
abstract
(50 words or less) to the Section
Vice-Chair.
Abstracts may be submitted electronically as an email attachment in
Wordperfect,
Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Deadline
CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS
The LA-MS Section of the MAA will hold its annual Student Paper
Competition at the Spring section meeting. Papers are solicited in two
categories; graduate
and undergraduate. The graduate category is limited to master's
students.
Ph.D. students are encouraged to submit for the contributed paper
sessions
listed above. Presentations at the meeting will be limited to 12
minutes.
A written paper of 6 pages or less must be received and include the
author's
name, institutional affiliation, faculty advisor and an e-mail address.
Late
entries will not be considered. Contact the Student Papers Committee Chair or
the
Rules for Student Papers for more
details.
Prizes will be awarded in each category separately, with no more
than 3
prizes in each. The number of prizes awarded shall be at the discretion
of
the judges, and shall be determined depending on the number and quality
of
the entries in each category. The amount of the prizes shall be as
follows: first prize, $75.00, second, $50.00, and third, $25.00.
Each entry will be judged on the basis of both the written and oral
presentation,
with equal consideration given to both.
Deadline